CONTROVERSIAL QUOTES OF YOGI ADITYANATH

FEBRUARY 2017

“Issues like the exodus of Hindus from Kairana, love jihad and women’s safety will dominate the poll scene. Yogi is not talking about today, Yogi is talking about the future. The BJP will not let western Uttar Pradesh turn into another Kashmir. Political leaders in this country speak against the majority community in the name of secularism. Governments in UP give land for kabristans (graveyards) but not for shamshan ghats (cremation grounds).”

JUNE 2016

“The exodus of Hindus from Kairana is a result of pseudosecularism and appeasement policies pursued by different governments in Uttar Pradesh. Because of this, the population of Hindus, which was once 68 per cent, has come down to 8 per cent there.”—while speaking to mediapersons in Pratapgarh, UP “Teresa was part of a conspiracy to Christianise India. “When people are not able to provide medical aid to their sick or differently-abled children due to poverty, these people (missionaries) provide them facilities. During that period, they brainwash and make them Christians. It is a conspiracy against the Hindus. The promotion of Indian culture and practices like yoga can save people.”—while addressing a Ram katha in UP

JUNE 2015

“Those who see communalism in doing Surya Namaskar, I appeal to them to go jump into the sea.”—at a temple ceremony in Varanasi, the PM’s Lok Sabha constituency